Word Meaning

virtue definition and meaning

n. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
n. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
n. Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
n. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
n. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
n. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.
n. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
n. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.

Crossword clues for virtue

- An admirable quality
- Faith, hope or charity
- Moral excellence
- Moral goodness
- Moral quality
- Particular moral excellence